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No. 622,353. Patented Apr. 4, I899. S. C. HARRIS.

WAGON END BOARD ROD FASTENING.

(Application filed. July 27, 1898.) (No Model.)

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SAMUEL O. HARRIS, OF HELENA, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

WAGON-END-BOARD-ROD FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,353, dated April 4,1899. Application filed July 27, 1898. Serial No. 687,000. (No model.)

To all whom it natty concern:

Be it known that L'SAMUEL O. HARRIs,a citizen of the United States,residing at Helena, in

the county of Woods and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented certain newand useful teners of wagon end-gates, and has for its special object tohold the cleats between which the end-gate slides, so that it will notwork loose, so as to cut the side-boards of wagons .or to tear thethreads of the cross-rod.

Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation of the side-board of a wagon,looking from the inside; Fig. 2, an end elevation looking from the rearof the wagon-box, showing the endgate cross-rod and rod-fastener inposition. Fig. 3 is a sectional side View of the fastener.

In the dra win gs,A represents the side-board of a wagon-box, providedwith the metallic plate a, between Whose vertical parallel ribs a a theend-gate B slides up and down. The

two side-boards are held and prevented from spreading outwardly by thecross-rod O, which is usually held simply by an end nut. The cleats aare liable to work loose, which causes the threads of the rod to bejammed together or torn; This difficulty I overcome by means of myrod-fastener D, which consists of the tube (1, internally end-threadedat one end to receive the cross rod and externally endthreaded at theother to receive a tap-nut E, the tube D being made to pass-through thecleat a and the side-board A, while its tap nut E draws the sidestogether to the degree desired. d d are two plate-arms arranged onopposite sides of one end and provided with the teats (1 which fitcorresponding apertures in the cleat a and prevent the fastener fromturning. Having thus described all that is necessary to a fullunderstanding of my invention, what I claim as new andof my inventionis- A'fastener D for the end gate rod of a wagon, consisting of a tubeexternally threaded at one end and internally threaded at the other, oneend being also provided with platearms having teats under the ends;whereby it may be used substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL O. HARRIS. Witnesses:

JOHN NooK, AcE BARTLETT.

